Mining Incidents

Peabody Midwest Mining, LLCOperator

Controlled by Peabody Energy Corporation
MSHA Operator ID: P23854
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
2,081
Mines on record
19
Years on record
2000–2026

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
89th

More recorded fatalities than 89% of operators on file.

Rank
#59of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.8×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
3
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

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Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE2 fatalities · 50 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK453 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS158 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON71 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY71 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)43 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
1
2025
1
2024
10
2023
8
2022
6
2021
13
2020
10
2019
43
2018
31
2017
55
2016
39
2015
49 (1f)
2014
55
2013
56 (1f)
2012
57
2011
81
2010
90
2009
99
2008
205
2007
91

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was operating a diesel personnel carrier on the Main South Travelway. It appears that his vehicle struck a coal pillar at xcut #193 and he was ejected from the vehicle. He sustained fatal crushing injuries to his chest area.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was fatally injured when he was struck by a battery powered coal hauler in Unit 2.It is believed that the employee walked through the last open crosscut to #4 entry and sat down near the inby corner of #4 entry to eat his lunch. A coal hauler rounded the corner and pinned the employee to the rib.